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Sister Cecilia Scanlon
Island Bay’s Own ‘Flying Nun’: It started as a joke but before she knew it, Sister Cecilia, celebrating her 80 birthday, was flying down The Parade in Island Bay on the back of her neighbour’s Harley Davidson motorbike.
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Sister Tarcisius Walsh
Maureen Theresa was born in 1925; her parents were John and Mary Walsh. She had five brothers and was seventh in a family of nine. Maureen came from an Irish Catholic background, and Irish music and dancing were the loves of her life.
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Sister Maureen McAtamney
Sister was a Sister of Compassion for 25 years. While a Sister of Compassion she had worked at Island Bay, Silverstream, Buckle St, Carterton, Broken Hill and Wagga. Sister is […]